Tuesday 3 July 2012

UKS blog hop

Welcome to the 2nd UK Scrappers blog hop!  The original post on UKS is here, and hopefully you've arrived here from Make The Day Special.  I hope you're finding lots of interesting projects - I decided to make a canvas for you...

For this simple canvas piece, I sprayed one pump of glimmermist onto the canvas, and tilted the board to let the ink run a little before using a heat gun to dry the colour. I made sure each colour was dry before I moved onto the next.  


 When I was happy with my coloured rainbow, I positioned my black and white photos in place so that I could plan where my title would go.


 To create the title, I took some sheets of chipboard letters and pushed out the letters that I would need in my title.
 I then used the negatives as a stencil and smoothed Martha Stewart Texture Paste over the letter.


For the butterflies, I used a Martha Stewart Punch All Over The page Butterfly Punch to make another stencil, and used this with the texture paste in the same way.

I added some white flowers and a leaf to finish...



 


Thanks for dropping by!  The next blog you need to visit is Quixotic Paperie.  We're giving away a £10 gift voucher to one lucky person who comments on our blog - and don't forget to comment on the UKS thread when you've visited everyone!  Enjoy the rest of the hop :) 
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97 comments:

  1. cathy05363 July 2012 at 08:20

    Lovely LO, really nice ideas

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  2. fatmonica3 July 2012 at 08:43

    I love this-that background's so effective and the lettering looks great.UKS fatmonica

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  3. hotpotato3 July 2012 at 08:52

    love this layout Lou. hotpotato

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  4. rach3 July 2012 at 09:12

    Wow, that layout is awesome! thanks for the inspiration

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  5. Ali3 July 2012 at 09:13

    So clever, love those cute faces, and the paint dripping looks brilliant.

    AliTS

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  6. Amy3 July 2012 at 09:31

    great messy layout! My name is A_M_Y on UKS.

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  7. Bernice Hopper3 July 2012 at 09:35

    Loving the hop. Well I would with a UKS name of hopberni

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  8. Helen3 July 2012 at 09:44

    great layout Helen_a78

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  9. pmk3 July 2012 at 09:50

    I absolutely love the lettering - going to have to try that!! pmk

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  10. Cheryl3 July 2012 at 09:53

    Simple but fabulous
    Cherry390

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  11. Patty3 July 2012 at 09:56

    This is superb - and I have some of the canvas lying waiting to be taken out of its wrappers!!

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  12. Unknown3 July 2012 at 10:07

    Very effective- love the butterflies.
    Kim UKS

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  13. Karen3 July 2012 at 10:19

    I really love that canvas - I need to make one just like it :) Kitty Crafts (UKS)

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  14. Helen3 July 2012 at 10:23

    Nice ideas here. Thanks. Weehaggis

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  15. K3 July 2012 at 10:27

    Oooo, I havent tried texture paint yet & it looks great **adds to list of things to try**
    UKS Sylphraven

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  16. Scrappy~Sarah3 July 2012 at 10:45

    Thanks Scrappy~Sarah

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  17. Suzy3 July 2012 at 11:07

    Fab love it

    UKS name suzycad

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  18. Jo_annepinc3 July 2012 at 11:11

    Stunning really love it thank you for sharing Joannepink UKS

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  19. Anita3 July 2012 at 11:11

    This is such a fun technique isn't it ( have done it with watery acrylic but not tried glimmermist yet) Love how your canvas turned out.
    UKS anita m

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  20. Christine3 July 2012 at 11:12

    Great idea for the textured butterflies. Fab canvas - thanks for sharing!

    (UKS - chrisrydal)

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  21. BEX3 July 2012 at 11:19

    Stunning LO, all the colour and texture just works so well together. Love the tag as well. UKS scrap3d

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  22. jill3 July 2012 at 11:27

    cheek faces , great way to use colour. uks lemonblossom

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  23. chris3 July 2012 at 11:31

    Simple but very effective, thank you
    Chris
    DippyD -UKS

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  24. Words and Pictures3 July 2012 at 11:44

    Simply fabulous... love the background, and then the layering of photo, letters, butterflies is super. UKS flutterby69

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  25. Anonymous3 July 2012 at 11:45

    i love how u have used the texture paste! UKS lintsi

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  26. Jibba Jabba3 July 2012 at 11:55

    What a fab layout. Thank you. Jibba Jabba UKS

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  27. new2this3 July 2012 at 12:07

    As a digi scrapper I don't have much in the way of "stash" .. but I think I could get a digi version of this that might look almost as good as this does - with a bit of luck! Thanks. UKS new2this

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  28. Ali3 July 2012 at 12:10

    Fab project - I love it! The white space, the splodges of colour, the texture paste.. gorgeous! :)

    UKS Alipeeps

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  29. Kat3 July 2012 at 12:12

    Fabulous colours for the canvas! Thanks!

    UKS Kat

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  30. Anne3 July 2012 at 12:14

    Lovely project, already got an idea for a photo I have. Thank you.
    anne88 on UKS

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  31. Karen3 July 2012 at 12:19

    great page - love the white space and the colour runs. Karen barker

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  32. Lelly3 July 2012 at 12:34

    Great ideas - will have to try stencilling with that pasted
    UKS lelly

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  33. GlitteryKatie3 July 2012 at 12:37

    Flippin' love it!!! UKS Katie

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  34. Yolanda3 July 2012 at 12:59

    love the all the texture, great LO UKS Scrappyyo

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  35. Elaine3 July 2012 at 13:17

    This is great - love the use of letter waste for stencils and the white embellies against the colourful background.

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  36. Mole3 July 2012 at 13:23

    I was curious to see how this worked out - great result! Mole - UKS

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  37. Olive3 July 2012 at 13:29

    i just love this idea. Thank you. - UKS Freedom

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  38. littlenat3 July 2012 at 13:34

    Cool - some great ideas to try out here!

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  39. HilaryB3 July 2012 at 13:35

    Great technique thanks for the insiration. Tigerlady

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  40. MiniOwner3 July 2012 at 13:36

    This is one I will definitely do. It's gorgoeus.
    Thank you.
    Sue x
    (MiniOwner)

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  41. vixen3 July 2012 at 13:48

    Wow loving the title technique must give that ago, the layout looks stunning :) from Boland :)

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  42. Maggie3 July 2012 at 13:50

    Great idea, I have to try this!
    Maggie B @ UKS

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  43. lizzylou3 July 2012 at 13:53

    absolutely fab i think im turning all inky and i NEED some textured paste:) thankyou so much for the inspiration. uks lizzylou

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  44. sixofone aka Leah3 July 2012 at 13:53

    I love the simplicity of this. UKS sixofone

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  45. Sian3 July 2012 at 14:39

    The effect that this has is gorgeous! It reminds me of a project I saw in Scrap 365! Absololutely lovely! Thanks. Sian - UKS Violaceous

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  46. Jayne in Norfolk3 July 2012 at 15:14

    Very cool idea
    Love the idea of this in canvas form for the wall

    UKS jaykay

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  47. sam3 July 2012 at 15:20

    love the arty side to this LO.
    bubble460

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  48. Lousette3 July 2012 at 15:26

    WOW - I LOVE this project. Stunning! UKS Lousette

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  49. susibee3 July 2012 at 15:30

    So simple, but so effective.

    Susibee

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  50. Ifa3 July 2012 at 15:53

    Loving the texture paste! Thank you for sharing. UKS Ifa

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  51. furrypig3 July 2012 at 16:34

    I love the simplicity of this page it is so effective, furrypig

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  52. Sue3 July 2012 at 16:39

    very effective Love the layout - sue1952

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  53. Sue3 July 2012 at 16:40

    very effective Love the layout - sue1952

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  54. Dawn3 July 2012 at 17:06

    Fabulous, love the canvas idea!

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  55. Dawn3 July 2012 at 17:06

    Sorry forgot to say i'm Mrs Cheshire Uks

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  56. Unknown3 July 2012 at 17:28

    Really love this page- gorgeous!
    UKS Laura Godfrey

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  57. Jimjams3 July 2012 at 17:54

    I spotted this gorgeous post go live late last night but wanted to do the hop in order so have waited until now to comment!
    Fab fab fab - what a great way to add lettering - pinning that :o) - though the letter "O"s must have been hard!
    Jemma aka Jimjams x

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  58. Summer Sunflower3 July 2012 at 18:06

    Absolutely fabulous, such a great way to use the negative, great idea, thanks for sharing!

    UKS NAME Summer Sunflower

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  59. Lynne Vowles3 July 2012 at 18:11

    Stunning, I love the contrast of the paste and the crispness of the letters.

    Beadmad x

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  60. Chell3 July 2012 at 18:28

    WOW!!! Lovely Lo...

    UKS GOSIE

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  61. Bush Girl3 July 2012 at 18:34

    WOW! That's such a cool LO - I totally have to try this. Thank you. UKS Bush Girl

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  62. KraftyKaren3 July 2012 at 18:49

    Fab technique - thanks for sharing

    Badgerleader

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  63. Suzanne3 July 2012 at 18:56

    How cool! I have some texture paste from YEARS ago, perhaps I ought to dig it out again. fruitysuet.

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  64. Melanie Marshall3 July 2012 at 19:16

    I love what you did with the butterflies and title lettering - great idea for texture! Thank you for the inspirational - UKS Pinkladymel

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  65. Melanie Marshall3 July 2012 at 19:20

    I can't believe how much work goes in to the colouring - it looks so life like! Beautiful work, as always. Thank you for the inspiration and teaching me how to colour :) UKS Pinkladymel

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  66. Anonymous3 July 2012 at 19:50

    What an amazing idea!! Love your use of white in contrast with the colours!!! I'm egratsia on UKScrappers!

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  67. Lou3 July 2012 at 19:56

    I really need to get some textured paste, this is gorgeous. UKS - Louise172

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  68. Lynne3 July 2012 at 20:04

    You make it look so easy! Thanks UK name retired nana x

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  69. Mrs Bookworm3 July 2012 at 20:05

    Wow I absolutely love this!! Been thinking about possibly doing some kind of layout on a canvas as a gift, so thankyou for the inspiration!
    UKS: acraftybookworm

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  70. Weasel3 July 2012 at 20:07

    What a simple idea - but how very effective! TFS, UKS Weaselwise

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  71. Trish3 July 2012 at 20:26

    Love it - the texture stuff looks interesting!
    UKS Chick

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  72. Glen3 July 2012 at 20:26

    That looks very interesting and unique. Lots of lovely texture. TFS. UKS ArtAngel

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  73. Tigs3 July 2012 at 20:29

    Love the background you made for the layout :)
    UKS Tigs

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  74. Lynne3 July 2012 at 20:39

    That is so sweet, love the colours UKS Lynne

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  75. Niki Rowland3 July 2012 at 20:47

    Wow this is really cool! xx (ScrapHappyNiki)

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  76. Jules3 July 2012 at 21:02

    Fabulous! Yorkshirelass :D

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  77. nerllybird3 July 2012 at 21:04

    That's fab, Lou, brilliant way to use those alpha sheets! x
    Nerlly

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  78. Minty Magic3 July 2012 at 21:12

    Wow this is fabulous - so simple but gorgeous! UKS Minty Magic

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  79. Dee3 July 2012 at 21:19

    I love using drippy paint on LOs. Looks fab. Craftdee

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  80. RachyK3 July 2012 at 21:20

    I love the way the ink has run, even though there's not much on there, it makes it look so colourful :) UKS RachyK

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  81. Unknown3 July 2012 at 21:20

    I love this and may well have to scrap lift. Thanks for sharing x

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  82. Sharon S3 July 2012 at 21:49

    This one of my favourite projects of the day! Lovely!! UKS Sharon1973

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  83. Unknown3 July 2012 at 22:06

    Love your layout... wonderful ideas.
    Thank you for sharing.
    Hugs
    UKS: kimmie_35

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  84. tape3 July 2012 at 22:16

    Oh, this is fabulous!

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  85. Fran3 July 2012 at 22:22

    This is so effective. Thanks
    UKS Hedgie

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  86. Jennie3 July 2012 at 22:24

    That is lovely. Such a good effect.
    TFS
    Jencrafts

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  87. Jess3 July 2012 at 22:37

    Absolutly beautiful thanks for sharing x
    UKS- Jessbaby

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  88. nickir3 July 2012 at 23:05

    Lovely. Thanks for the inspiration.
    UKS - Nickir

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  89. Flossyjamba3 July 2012 at 23:11

    My favourite project so far. LOVE IT!!! Thanks! Uks flossyjamba

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  90. Dee3 July 2012 at 23:18

    Flutterbys always please, lovely LO.

    UKS Dee100

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  91. Suze3 July 2012 at 23:33

    Great inspiration! I love the use of the texture paste. UKS: Cruzysuzie

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  92. Eileen3 July 2012 at 23:39

    Really effective, not sure I'm brave enough to use the stencilling paste straight on the LO, though ...
    (UKS Eileen C)

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  93. lynnyoung15113 July 2012 at 23:45

    Fabulous LO, thanks :)

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  94. Annie Claxton4 July 2012 at 00:15

    Absolutely stunning - love it! UKS: annieclaxton

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  95. Scrapping4fun4 July 2012 at 06:18

    gorgeous layout, uks alison-lee

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  96. stitching lady4 July 2012 at 07:10

    lovely mix of colour and texture
    UKS name stitching lady

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  97. Claveh6 July 2012 at 18:50

    Thank you, this is just so unusual, and I must have a go. xxx Claveh

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